八年级上八年级上任务型阅读训练

八年级任务型阅读专项训练一

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（一）

A holiday (假期) is a special day to remember special people or special things that happened in history. In the past, most holidays were about religion (宗教). Today, holidays celebrate (庆祝) more than religion. Some holidays are even about nature (大自然) and animals! Earth Day, for example, is a holiday about nature.

On some holidays people in the US do not have to go to school or work. Thanksgiving and Christmas are examples. But some people like the police, bus drivers, firefighters and hospital workers need to work even on important holidays. On other holidays, people do go to work and school. For example, there is no day off(休息日) on holidays like Halloween and Valentine’s Day. But people still celebrate at work or school, or when they get home.

People in the US celebrate holidays by spending time together. Sometimes people wear special clothes or eat special foods. People also celebrate some holidays by parading (游行庆祝). One of the largest holidays parades in America is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The parade celebrates both Thanksgiving and the start of Christmas.

A holiday is a special day. What is your favorite holiday How do you celebrate it every year

根据短文内容回答问题

1. What were most holidays about in the past

2. According to the passage, who don’t have days off on Thanksgiving and Christmas in the US

3. On which holidays don’t people in the US have days off Give two examples.

4. How do people in the US celebrate holidays

5. What does Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrate

(二)

Sports are very important to us. Sports are popular with young and old people. Many people do morning exercises, go to different sports clubs and take part in sports games. Other people like sports too but they only like to watch sports games and listen to sports news. They don’t do sports.

P.E. is an important subject in our school. Students have P.E. classes five times a week. Boys and girls often play volleyball and basketball in P.E. classes. There is a big playground (操场) in our school and students like to do sports there. Our school often has a lot of sports games and many students take part in them.

Sports can help people to keep healthy. People of all ages must take care of their health and do exercise regularly (有规律地). My favorite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming pool once a week. But I like relaxing by the lake or the river and swimming there.

根据短文内容回答问题

1. Some people like sports but they don’t do sports. What do they like to do

2. How often do the students in the writer’s school have P.E classes

3. Where do the students in the writer’s school like to do sports

4. What’s the writer’s favorite sport

5. Does the writer like relaxing by swimming in the pool

(三)